Renner Caught Up In Film 'War'

20 July 2008 4:20 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

The Assassination Of Jesse James star Jeremy Renner put his life in his own hands while shooting war film The Hurt Locker in Amman, Jordan - because locals really thought he was the enemy.

The actor filmed near a Palestinian refugee camp and had to constantly look out for falling planks and thrown stones as he filmed the drama.

He explains, "There were two by fours with nails being dropped from two-story buildings that hit me in the helmet and they were throwing rocks. Most of them were just kids fooling around, but still.

"We got shot at a few times while we were filming. I can almost say I was in a war, but, to be honest, I was just some jerk-ass actor pretending I was in it. When you see it, you're gonna feel like you've been in war."

And Renner is glad the film looks great - because it was an awful experience: "I was miserable in 120-degree heat in a 150-pound bomb suit playing a soldier in an elite Army bomb squad.

"I'm like, 'This is awful!' And everyone was sick. It was terrible. It was a shoestring budget and we didn't even have guns or bullets. We had plastic guns and soft pellet guns. We had nothing.

"It was an $80 million (GBP40 million) movie that was made for $11 million (GBP5.5 million)."

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